Agent-based models (ABM) [1]}, [2]} provide a fruitful theoretical framework to study the fundamental mechanisms underlying the dynamics of social systems [3]}. In this line, the Axelrod's Model for cultural dissemination [4]}, introduced in 1977 by Robert Axelrod, has become a paradigm for the study of social imitation. The model relays on the idea of homophily, i.e. , agents interact more likely with similar neighbors, and therefore, similar neighbors tend to become even more alike. To implement this idea in the model, the probability for an agent to imitate a neighbor's uncommon cultural trait is proportional to the number of other traits that both already share. Axelrod found that, while for low values of the initial cultural diversity the dynamics drives the system towards a monocultural state, for larger initial diversity the system freezes in a multicultural state.
The Axelrod's Model has been studied under different approaches and variations, including
complex networks [5]}, [6]}, clustering [7]},
social pressure [8]}, noise [9]}, [10]}, external fields [11]}, [12]}, dynamic features [13]}, mobility and segregation [14]}, [15]}, tolerance [16]}, confidence
thresholds [17]}, and dynamic networks [18]}.
